At the time, the facility offered more than 2,100 electronic games in three distinct venues: the Palace, the Center Ring and the Mariachi areas. The Chickasaw Nation begins site preparation to double the size of WinStar Casino. WinStar Golf Club, an 18-hole facility located southeast of the main casino, opens to the public. In July, the bingo hall expands to include a small selection of electronic games covering 190,000 square feet and is renamed WinStar Casino. The Chickasaw Nation opens a bingo hall to the east of Interstate 35, just north of the Oklahoma-Texas border. From its origins as a small bingo hall off I-35 nearly three decades ago to its current status as the World’s Biggest Casino, WinStar World Casino and Resort has a storied and surprising history.
